if you. feel. the self declared leader of venezuela admits to discrete talks with the country's military to overthrow president nicolas maduro as the president urges troops to stay loyal. if they don't want the soldiers of venezuela we're waiting for you to be on our side are you among. the. also this hour and antiviolence movement is launched in france against the

yellow vests protests in the country. and a new report suggests that one in twelve people in the u.k. do not believe the holocaust ever happened. a very good morning you're watching r.t. international with me nick arun great to have you with us this morning our top story the armed forces are now the focus of political turmoil in venezuela one great joke who swore himself in as leader government and rest says he's in talks with the military to turn them against the venezuelan president nicolas maduro at the same time the president has visited troops and urged them to stay loyal. if we don't put the soldiers of venezuela we're waiting for you to be on our side who among us. soldiers of venezuela we're waiting for you to be on the side of the

constitution are you cruel and the furious. we have made our position very clear about the dictatorial nature of this regime and so we want to take power never a traitor. install a transitional government and free elections. that's how it has to be. one greater the self declared leader has contested president maduro the second term elections calling them illegitimate israel canada and most south american states have followed the us work ignition of kwaito as about as well as interim president meanwhile u.s. national security advisor john bolton has threatened action if there is violence or intimidation of the opposition leader it goes down of takes us through one credos rise from obscurity international recognition and

a new grand social status dropped on one y. door like a brick wall i mean just look at this from no name to total fame judging by this the life of the new poster boy for the venezuelan opposition leapt into another dimension overnight the point of no return was this. i'm mike pence the united states supports the courageous decision by one god or united states probably recognize a national symbol president one is the constitutional interim president of venezuela he's the most evil now marred by the media and untrusted to not fail by the united states and countries making up its retinue and apparently the latter could be weighing hard on venezuela's newest a democratic symbol where you do said that there was nothing he could do that he couldn't handle the pressure from the

americans. we are only i was at the meeting where we said he was being pressured by everyone now this is the claim made by people but when journalists confronted what you do with a yes or no question he struggled to answer well to be fair he did it twice in fact but each time differently can you confirm whether the meeting took place and what did you talk about all venezuelans know this person and i would repeat my question have a match was do is that ok you are not i've already answered i haven't of course not so what if we spoke with officials of course we did circumstantial evidence also hits that the room of why do a being overwhelmed by washington's a mission could be true look at the person appointed by the white house to oversee the transformation of venezuela a left this building thirty years ago this week. or so it was very nice to be back this is america's main battle tank in the regime change course part of the reagan

administration he funneled the long way around federal weapons through iran soon he was right wing anti government extremists both thing illegal under u.s. law he tried to pressure congress into giving the weapons to the regime of reassessment in guatemala who was later charged. with genocide and crimes against humanity is just a couple of confirmed achievements by earlier albums from when he held the position and i'm not kidding the position of assistant secretary of state for humanitarian affairs but perhaps most importantly our brahms allegedly was the architect of the two thousand and two coup in venezuela back then it failed in days so perhaps now adams is being given a chance to redeem himself after all it's all for a good cause democracy never needs to be imposed it is tyranny that has to be

imposed you heard the man so you better sake up mr wide or the us is about to spread its regime of democracy to venezuela this time around and you are going to carry it on your shoulders we spoke to venezuela's foreign minister about the ongoing crisis in the country. the opposition leader is under huge pressure from his bosses the new york times calls marco rubio the ousted in chief the main person driving the coup the pressure coming from this extreme right senator has forced the opposition leaders to make strange anti constitutional decisions which could harm the sovereignty of venezuela but they cannot harm the legal institutions of government and the u.s. government is not only behind the coup it is leading it from the front we are working to neutralize the attacks that are coming from washington and from the government under its control and that's in america and europe or if the opposition

increases it down at the negotiating table with us we are ready to talk at any moment when we have never refused to negotiate is the opposition that keeps changing its mind and agreeing to talk and then getting up and leaving i would like them to negotiate to get permission from their bosses in washington so we can all work together to find a solution which would be in line with the constitution of venezuela this is a great opportunity to unite and build our country's future on the basis of our constitution whether. we talk to the un's first independent expert to visit as well in twenty one years he concluded that the country's humanitarian crisis could be used as a pretext for regime change in order to discredit selected governments failures in the field of human rights are maximized so as to make violent overthrow more palatable human rights are being weaponized against rivals where the whole narrative is so realistic it's actually obscene to involve democracy to destroy democracy it's obscene to invoke human rights to destroy human rights i

mean america. it's not for me to tell the event as well as whom they should elect if they elected massively savvis again and again and they elected little in two thousand and thirteen fourteen two thousand and eighteen it is reported that the united states is currently training for and lawyers in how to draft a legislation to impose further sanctions on the bill of varian republic of venezuela in an effort to is fix the venezuelan state institutions who is costing who is aggravating the problem these sanctions have aggravated the problem the economic war have aggravated the problem when other little needed anti in leiria medicine for an outbreak in november two thousand and seventeen wanted to buy it in colombia colombia refuse to sell they are hundreds hundreds of cases in which the financial transactions that every state needs to survive have been

blocked because citibank or wells fargo have close the accounts off venezuela so money doesn't enter like brazil owns i don't know fifty million dollars worth of electricity delivered by then as well i'm going as one of those get its money a disquieting media campaign seeks to force observers into a preconceived view that there is a humanitarian crisis in the bolivarian republic of venezuela humanitarian crisis can be misused as a pretext for military intervention it reminds me a lot of the run up to the two thousand and three invasion of iraq we have seen here it coordinated effort to denounce them on eyes mother at all and to invoke human rights to say we need regime change because of the venezuelan people. two thousand and three oil rich country iraq gets devastated

and it's the major oil companies that are reaping the profits two thousand and eleven libya another oil rich country gets devastated and the oil companies are laughing you know that is an enormous interest on the part of u.s. business to get end there. i told the opposition people who might personally met in caracas at the time look if you topple the government what do you think is going to happen there are seven eight nine million commit to childish that's one of the going to do do you think they're just going to roll over do you think they're going to disappear no they are venezuelans they have rights and they are going to demand their rights so you cannot simply ignore their existence so you have to make sure that you reach some sort of a compromise. to france now where

a movement to counter the increasingly violent yellow vests protest has been launched in the country after eleven consecutive weeks of street demonstrations so dubinsky has the details of the red scarves group. fronts and protesting to go like two lovers strewing around paris in fact the french seem to love processing so much it's almost a national sport but it's a sport that has a very nasty streak the yellow vest protest group but probably the best known they've been out in force since november seventeenth so that's now eleven weekends they say the government's not doing enough despite the concessions and a national debate is taking place and the yellow vests are determined to stick it out they've already planned acts twelve before we even got to the twelfth weekend but their protests have often descended into violence that's been described as the worst in more than half

a century. i will not concede anything to do see what destruction and disorder. but in true french fashion there is now an anti protest protest meet the red skull there is so unhappy about the violence and the destruction has taken place during the yellow dress protest that they've now formed their group and they're out in force.

for criminal business originally why all the demonstrations today it's because many people have had enough of the pointless violence in this country roads cars are demonstrating i believe good to defend the principle of nonviolence and to defend democracy it's very simple feel. to emphasize the importance of liberty and democracy as we are facing a movement in france that's attempting to restrict our freedoms i have chosen to come here to defend democracy and freedom but peaceful it without violence well if you thought this was just a red protesters against the yellow protesters think again there is also now a team yes that's right the blue vests are also anti yellow vests and they're anti violence so what you've got at the moment is the yellow vest protesters in the

middle and on each side they're all the vests and you've got the red scarves remind you of something yes that's right it's almost like the treacle or the french flag and it seems that just like the french moto of liberte gallatin for eternity it's nothing on in the french spirit so the french were godless of what's always there on still have this opportunity with each other albeit in their ability to protest or to protest a protest of a protest or something like that. charlotte even ski arty paris. there are sunday events were held across the globe to mark international holocaust remembrance day this comes seventy four years since the soviet troops liberated auschwitz the nazi death camp that was occupied in poland former prisoners of the camp visited the site where holocaust museum is now situated they shared their memories the expressing the importance for people today to remember the atrocities

that were carried out during the nazi purge in the second world war seventeen million people were killed six million of them were jews more than half of europe's jewish population was murdered in systematic attacks many were starved to death killed in gas chambers and burned in furnace is in concentration camps despite the evidence from that time a recent poll suggests that one in twelve people in the u.k. didn't know the holocaust ever happened over half of those surveyed did not know the number of victims while eight percent claimed the scale of the atrocity has been exaggerated efraim zuroff from the simon why is that why the why is the balls then so thinks those statistics are alarming. cause denial is simply a new form of anti-semitism the holocaust is the most documented tragedy in human history there are millions i repeat millions of documents that prove the crimes of

the holocaust there's no basis for this denial it's totally absurd so why do people do it it's in basically a new form of anti-semitism the leaders of the world the leading political leaders in every country have to make clear that this is a fact that this happened and this has very important consequences for their country as well and then there's the question of the educational systems in other words this is subject that has to be taught in the school curriculum at the proper age and to be done effectively and with the best technological and other educational aids the basic idea behind holocaust education is that the tragedy that we call the holocaust has lessons for humanity. about the dangers of hatred the dangers of anti-semitism racism fascism and obviously we think that it's important

that people study the holocaust to learn from that tragedy and to try that managed to prevent the recurrence of such a tragedy. quick nationalists of clashed with police and thessaloniki at a march against a deal with nothing tonia to end a long running naming dispute protestors blocks roads and several people were arrested. the. earth crowds gathered in the city on sunday night voicing their anger over a visit by the greek presidents this comes two days after athens ratified a deal to establish a new name for the former yugoslav republic of macedonia the country is now known as north macedonia but many greeks objects to the new name saying it implies a historical claim to the greek province of macedonia.

but more and more candidates are registering to enter presidential elections race in ukraine with elections roughly two months away already twenty people are lining up for a leadership bid artie's daniel hawkins has more. for the last fifteen years every presidential race in ukraine has given the country a new political shock to the system and it looks like this year will be an exception now if you've ever followed ukraine's domestic politics you'll know there's rarely a dull moment. this year's election will see an almost wreck or number of candidates twenty to be precise and this number could still rise the list of nominees has both familiar

faces and dark horses with some colorful contenders also thrown in here's just some of those candidates the political heavyweights yulia timoshenko. her career has seen it all from becoming the country's first female prime minister to spending three years behind bars for embezzlement she was a candidate in two thousand and ten and again in twenty fourteen so could it be third time lucky she's popular with the female voters and also claims to have some big names backing her i imagine the system which i'm going to have all too well to . run a country the brazilian novelist has since the noida any involvement in ukrainian politics maybe something got lost in translation and this man has already played the ukrainian president in a hit t.v. show can he turn fiction into reality meet star comedian and producer of the minute zelinsky also

a popular actor in russia by the way. now he's had a great start even managing to steal the limelight from the current production. then it's new year address when announcing his own bid yet you do for incidental green light desirable what terrorism is no when. there is a hitch though zelinsky is bid to be the anti elite contender was rocked by scandal when he was found to have business ties to russia and any connection to moscow is a major no go to anyone who wants to win this race. the most recent addition to the list is another headline grabber and ideas of suffering go once betrayed as ukraine's joan of arc. now she is also no stranger to controversy after being jailed in russia for involvement in the murder of two russian journalists she returned to our homeland as a hero even becoming

a member of parliament only to get arrested once again by her own countryman the charges quite a catalogue plotting a terrorist attack planning to kill members of parliament and the president even plotting a coup. was. really so far it seems she'll be running her campaign from a detention center and the race may even have its very own rock star status laugh vaca took the so-called front man of the my down revolution. now the singer has long speculated on the possibility of a bid but there are reports that he may also join incumbent president poroshenko campaign which brings us to the final but tensional candidate the current president is expected to run but he was struggled to lead the pack with an approval rating of

about seventeen percent he may be praying for divine intervention and with his own newly independent church well who knows what could happen for now though his new campaign slogan might just help those numbers out of me. more than a year after the modern protests rode a wave of hope for democracy prosperity and transparency. for clearly. those dreams still seem distant fraught with economic challenges human rights issues and lingering corruption whoever takes that. presidential oath this spring it certainly won't be a cushy job that many would envy. described as a friendly fraud facebook has been accused of not setting up barriers which reportedly allow children to run up huge bills newly revealed court documents show parental approval is not always required when making online purchases and the

social media giant is apparently are now willing to address the issue. six thousand five hundred forty five dollars they're disputing all of it i believe the user looks under each is well. a thirteen year old. looks a bit younger. i wouldn't. hold that's high school agreed.

importantly because the and not christ charge was made by someone in your household or by someone who is known to you we cannot. terms the purchase the amount of stuff that people are sharing it's growing out of this exponential rate. kind of as prime minister just introduced might be in for a grilling today as parliament resumes you find the country's ambassador to china jon mccallum following a controversial comments about an extradition case involving as fenian executive from the chinese telecoms giant huawei i like to produce a bunch of sips this now from the chinese capital and i'm glad i can you give us the details. of this all comes after our canadian prime minister justin trudeau decided to fire some bastard her and china with no reason

but all this does not come as a surprise as previously justin trudeau i. actually asked for the canadian diplomat to step down at the time but he didn't but let's go a little bit back to see why i just into a book took such actions against his own about last tuesday the canadian diplomat made controversy when he publicly argued that the u.s. extradition request for c.f.o. see a film in one jew actually has a lot of flaws he even later on went on and seeing that the case against there of and she would win. i think she has quite good arguments on her side one political involvement comments from donald trump in her case to the extraterritorial aspect to. case and three there's the issue of iran's sanctions which are involved in her case and

canada does not sign on to these sanctions so i think she has some strong arguments that she could make before a judge. well with the canadian boxer then came out saying in a statement again that he misspoke and that he apologized for creating confusion aware canada is staying on the case but this is a little bit too late and all this drama in the name of the room they see a foal who was who was arrested last december and canada while changing planes the daughter of. ways was allegedly arrested for the fraud in financial institutions and the breach in the u.s. imposed sanctions against countries the companies doing with you ron now main ones who is currently on bail in canada and the u.s. the united states government is pressuring its neighbor to the north to extradite

her now the united states government house and so when's the to request an extradition for in the united states. and the chinese side though acted very very quick and has now pressuring for this whole time to be released and sent back to china and the chinese side also is hoping that the canadian traditional system would not turn a blind eye and that justice were we will prevail now government is saying. anybody that has a normal judgment would make such remarks as the canadian bastard that here in china. we have seen the statement made by the canadian ambassador to china jon mccallum i believe that everyone with normal judgment can see the nature of the incident we hold to canada can have a clear understanding of the problem make the right choice and not try to profit through the canadian side made a serious mistake. at the start of this situation. and there's more and more

tension building between these two countries and allies and business partners. the relationships between them is hitting a low. indeed it is that thank you for the update that's a vandalised tips us speaking to us live from beijing he's our producer well we're having a great to start to the week where i for you all we're going to be back in just over thirty minutes with more of the latest headlines with either.

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